Amid the political crisis in Manipur after CM Biren N Singh resigned, now the Congress has claimed that the proposed session of the Manipur Assembly was cancelled as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could not decide on a new chief minister. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also questioned why Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla was violating Article 174 (1) by not convening a session of the assembly. The seventh session of the 12th Manipur Assembly, which was scheduled to begin on February 10, has been cancelled with immediate effect.

A different kind of challenge has arisen before the BJP after Singh’s resignation as it will have to find a face who can change the course of the game in Manipur as there is a deep divide between the Meitei and the Kuki in the state. As the entire state has been in the grip of violence, the Saffron party is looking for a leader who can restore trust and governance. It may be noted that in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, BJP and its allies have 45 MLAs, of which 37 MLAs belong to the BJP MLAs, of which seven are Kukis.

The BJP will have to look for a consensus candidate for the CM’s post who would neither be a........

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